The Book of
Enoch Chapters
1-34

God
comes with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon
replacing the Word with Ritual.
Parables 1-2. From "The Apocrypha and
Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament"

When
the Israelites fell into musical idolatry God turned them over to
worship fhe starry host. In time they would be returned to
Babylon. Therefore, Moses wrote an inverted history of the
Hebrew People and by repeating the well known but distorted history he
tried to guard them against the Canaanite Baalism. The
history of the monarchy is this fall back into the idolatry which Enoch
and all contemporaneous writers identified as that imposed by Satan to
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Tatian (110-172); Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons (115-185);
Clement of Alexandria (150-220); Tertullian (160-230); Origen
(186-255); Lactantius (260-330); in addition to: Methodius of Philippi,
Minucius Felix, Commodianus, and Ambrose of Milan also approved of and
supported the Enochian writings. Even St. Augustine (354-430) suppose
the work to be a genuine one of the patriarch. A.G.H.

The
Book of Enoch is quoted
by Jude and the story is repeated several times. Only by reading
Enoch do we grasp what is being quoted. Someone has estimated that
the book of Enoch is quoted at least 128 times in the New Testament.

1 The
word of the blessing of
Enoch, how he blessed the elect and the righteous,
who were to exist
in the time of trouble; rejecting all the wicked and ungodly.
Enoch,
a righteous man, who was (1)
with God, answered and spoke, while his eyes were open, and while he saw a holy vision in
the heavens.
This the angels showed me.

(1)
N.B. The
italicized words supply a gap in the text.

2
From them I heard all things,
and understood what I saw;..........that which will not take place in
this generation,..........but in a generation
which is to
succeed at a distant
period, on account of
the elect.

3
Upon their account I spoke
and conversed with him, who will go forth from his habitation,
the
Holy and Mighty One, the God of the world:

4 Who will
hereafter tread upon Mount
Sinai;..........appear with his
hosts; and be manifested in the strength of his power from
heaven.

5 All shall be
afraid, and the Watchers be terrified.
6 Great fear and trembling
shall seize them, even to the ends of the earth.

The
lofty
mountains shall be troubled, and the exalted
hillsdepressed, melting like a
honeycomb in the flame.
The earth shall be immerged, and all things which
are in it perish;
while judgment shall come upon all, even upon all the
righteous:

7 But to them
shall he givepeace: he shall preserve
the elect, and towards them exercise clemency.
8 Then shall all belong to God;
be happy and blessed; and the splendour of the Godhead shall illuminate them.

Key
to Music

Chapter
2

1
Behold, he comes with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment
upon them, and
destroy the wicked, and reprove all the carnal for everything which
the sinful and ungodly have done, and
committed against him.

When
God gave the Book of the
Covenant, Exodus reads:

And
mount Sinai was
altogether on a
smoke,
because the Lord
descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the
smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. Exodus
19:18

However, as a result of the
musical
idolatry--rising up to
play--God gave them
the Book
of the
Law
to protect them.
After punishment, God ordained the Levites to stand between the
people and the Tabernacle as the symbol of His presence. All but the
Levites and Priests were now strangers and the clergy must bear the
burden for the people. Therefore, in Deuteronomy, the second law or
that "in addition to the Covenant":

And
mount Sinai was
altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire:
and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount
quaked greatly.
Deut.33:1

And
he said, The
Lord came
from
Sinai,
and rose up from
Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten
thousands of
saints: from his right
hand
went a fiery (burning-goad)law for them. Deut 33:2

And
Enoch also, the seventh
from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his
saints, Jude 14

To
execute
judgment upon
all,
and to convince
all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they
have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly
sinners have spoken against him. Jude 15

The
Jews sang in the type of
the Egyptian
threnodies (elegies for the
dead):Thus they
made a golden
bull, the image
of
an animal that was held to be the most sacred in that land;they offered
unholy sacrifices, performed impious dances and sang hymns which differed in no way from the pagan mourningsongs. Philo, De specialibus legibus.

"This
reference probably indicates the use of
songs from the cult of Osiris... it can
hardly be denied that Egyptian influence on
Jewish musical practices was quite significant. This would stand to
reason because of the high quality of Egyptian
cultic music. The tambourine
or timbrel, a hoop of bells over which a white skin was stretched,
came from Egypt.

Miriam used this instrument to accompany the singing
and dancing on
the shores of the Red
Sea (Ex. 15). She is defined as a "sorceress."

"The
triumphal hymn
of Moses had unquestionably a religious character about it; but the
employment of music in
religious services, though
idolatrous, is more
distinctly marked
in the festivities which attended the erection of the golden calf."
(Smith's Bible Dictionary, Music, p. 589).

Chapter
3

Jude
condemned the musical
agents of Satan and shows that the natural
order is for all of God's created world obeys His laws. Only mankind has
the freedom to go "roaming"
over the sky and, much earlier, go bumping into one another creating
great destruction on the earth:

1 All who are
in the heavens know what is transacted there.2 They know that the heavenly luminarieschange
not their paths; that
each rises
and sets regularly, every one at
its proper
period,..........without
transgressing the commands,....................which they have
received...........They behold the earth, and understand what is
there transacted, from the beginning to the end of
it.

While
the earth remaineth,
seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and
day and night shall not cease. Gen 8:22

3 They see that every work of God is invariable in the period
of its
appearance. They behold
summer and winter: perceiving that the whole earth is
full of water; and that the
cloud, the dew, and the rain refresh it.

Chapter
4

1
They consider and behold every
tree,
how it appears to wither, and every leaf to fall
off, except of
fourteen trees, which are not deciduous; which wait from the old, to
the appearance of the new leaf,
for two or three winters.

Chapter
5

1
Again they consider the days
of summer, that the sun is upon it at its very beginning; while you
seek for a covered and shady spot on account of the burning sun;
while the earth is scorched up with fervid heat, and you become
incapable of walking either upon the ground or upon the rocks in
consequence of that heat.

Chapter
6

1 They
consider how the trees, when they put forth
their green
leaves, become covered, and produce fruit;..........understanding
everything, and knowing
that He who lives
for ever does all these things for you:

2 That
the works at the beginning of every existing year, that all his
works, are subservient to him, and invariable; yet as God has
appointed, so are all things brought to pass.

3
They see, too, how the seas and the rivers
together complete their
respective operations:

4 But you endure not patiently, nor fulfill the
commandments of the Lord; ..........but you transgress and calumniate his greatness;..........and malignant are the words in your pollutedmouthsagainst his
Majesty.

(Poluted
in the Hebrew Halal or Chalal speeks fluently of instrument of music
directed against God is polluting or prostituting or "taking away
God's inheritance." This is the symbol of mark of those who used
music as a MARK
and cause of ignoring the Word of God. Job 21, Isaiah 5, Ezekiel 33,
Amos 5, 6, 8)

6
Therefore your days shall you
curse,
and the years of
your lives shall perish; perpetual execration shall be multiplied,
and you
shall not obtain
mercy.

7 In those
days shall you resign your peace with the eternal maledictionsof all the righteous,
and sinners shall perpetually execrate you;

8 Shall execrateyou with the ungodly.

Lucifer has the king of Babylon
as his old agent who will end like Enoch says:

Hell from beneath is moved
for thee to meet
thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the
chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the
kings of the nations. Is.14:9

All
they shall
speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? Isa 14:10

Thy
pomp is brought down to the
grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm (maggots) is spread under thee,
and the worms cover thee.
Is.14:11

Because
ye have said, We have
made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement;
when the overflowing scourge
shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we
hid
ourselves:
Is.28:15

Lucfer
as the king of Tyre
is described by Ezekiel:

Thou
hast been in Eden the garden of God;
every precious stone
was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the
onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,
and gold:

the
workmanship
of thy
tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in
the day that
thou wast created. Ezekiel 28:13
Thou art the anointed cherub
that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holymountain of God; thou hast
walked up and down in the midst of the stones of
fire.
Ezekiel 28:14
Thou wast perfect in thy ways
from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
Ezekiel 28:15

By
the multitude of thymerchandise they have filled the
midst of thee with violence,
and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of
the mountain
of
God:
and I will destroy
thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Ezekiel 28:16

As
the end-time Babylonian
Whore:

And
the fruits that
thy soul lusted
after
are departed from
thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from
thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. Revelation
18:14

The
merchants of these things, which
were made
rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of
her torment, weeping and wailing, Revelation 18:15

And
the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers,
and trumpeters, shall be heard no more
at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he
be, shall be found any more
in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all
in thee; Revelation 18:22

9 The elect
shall possess light, joy, and peace; and
they shall inherit the
earth...........Blessed are the
meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:

10
But you, you unholy, shall be
accursed.

But
with
righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for
the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of
his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Isaiah 11:4

11
Then shall wisdom be given to the elect,
all of whom shall live, and not again transgress by impiety or pride; but shall humble
themselves, possessing prudence, and shall not repeat
transgression.

AND
there shall
come forth a rod out
of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Isaiah 11:1

And
the spirit of
the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the
fear of the Lord; Isaiah 11:2

And
shall make him
of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not
judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing
of his ears: Isaiah 11:3

12
They shall not be condemned
the whole period of their lives, not die in torment and
indignation; but the sum of their days shall
be completed, and they shall
grow old in peace; while the years of their happiness shall be
multiplied with joy, and with peace, for ever, the whole duration of
their existence.

Chapter
7

1 It happened
after the sons of men had multiplied in those days, that daughters were born to them, elegant and beautiful.

In
the Bible
this story speaks of Jubal who is Genun:

And Lamech
took unto him two wives: the name of the
one was Adah,
and the name of the other Zillah. Gen 4:19
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the
father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. Gen
4:20
And his brothers name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle (Taphas:
without divine warrant) the harp
and organ.
Gen 4:21

Taphaph
(h8608) taw-faf'; a prim. root; to drum, i. e. play (as) on the
tambourine: - taber, play with timbrels.Topheth (h8611) to'-feth; from
the base of
8608; a smiting, i. e. (fig.) contempt: - tabret.

There
were giants in the earth in those
days; and also after that,
when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare
children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men
of renown. Gen 6:4

And
God saw that
the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and
that every
imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Gen 6:5

2 And when the
angels, (3) the sons of
heaven, beheld them, they became enamoured of them, saying to each
other,..........Come,
let us select for
ourselves wives from
the progeny of men,..........and let us beget children.

We
must remember that Jesus
said that the Word had been revealed in parables from the foundation of
the world.

That
it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my
mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of
the world.
Mt.13:35

Job
tells part of the creation
story in clearly symbolic terms:

He
divideth the sea
with his power,
and by his understanding he smiteth through the
proud. Job 26:12
By his spirit he hath
garnished the heavens;
his hand hath formed the crookedserpent. Job
26:13
Lo, these are parts
of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder
of his power who can understand?
Job 26:14

MOREOVER
Job continued
his parable, and said, Job 27:1

H1281
bârıyach bâriach baw-ree'-akh, baw-ree'-akh From H1272 ; a fugitive,
that is, the serpent (as fleeing), and the
constellation by that name:--crooked, noble, piercing.

This
passage, therefore, may
not speak of semi-divine offspring of angels and women. Rather, it
probably speaks of the religious institutions which are as old as
history. By selecting wives who readily fell into the use of music
and other forms of Ancient Near Eastern magic, the angels were able
to build their own "families of God" in competition with those who
obeyed the Word and lived in righteousness and justice. This will
become clearer in the next part of First Enoch.

3 Then their leaderSamyaza
said to them;..........I fear that you may
perhaps be indisposed to the performance of
this enterprise;4 And that I alone shall suffer for so grievous a crime.
5 But they answered him and
said; We all swear;
6 And bind ourselves by mutual execrations, that we will not change our intention, but
execute our projected
undertaking.

7 Then they swore all
together, and all bound
themselves by mutual
execrations. Their whole number was two hundred, who descended upon Ardis,
(4) which is the top of mount Armon. [Hermon]

(4)
Upon
Ardis. Or, "in the days of Jared"
(R.H. Charles, ed. and trans., The Book of Enoch [Oxford: Clarendon
Press, 1893], p. 63).

More
than ten years ago we
heard of a band of men who had bound themselves to restructure the
church to "introduce instrumental
music in worship and provide a wider role for women in worship." The
method, of course, had to proceed cautiously as Navigating the Winds
of Change.

Jared
lived on the
Holy Mountain and Satan taught Jubal or Genun how "to look to the hills" to bring them down
with musical
idolatry and mixed-sex choirs into the dark (no truth) land of the
Cainites.

When
Genun and the Cainites saw that they had been
overcome by "wine, women and
song" by Satan, they demonstrated that "misery loves company." In the
same way, churches which have been captured by musical worship leave
no stone unturned until they slander non-musical groups and try to
force them to join. This, in a perverse way, gives those overcome a
sense of confidence. The "bigger the crowd" the more they feel
comfortable.

8
That mountain therefore was called Armon,
because they had sworn upon it, (5) and bound themselves by mutualexecrations.

(5)
Mt. Armon, or
Mt. Hermon,
derives its name from the Hebrew word herem, a curse
(Charles, p. 63).

Charam
(h2763) khaw-ram'; a prim. root; to seclude; spec. (by a ban) to devote to relig.
uses
(espec. destruction); phys. and reflex. to
be blunt as to the nose: - make
accursed, consecrate,
(utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly
(slay,
make away).

JAMES H. CHARLESWORTH noting
"mountain of God (is) the mountain of Bashan;
A mountain [of many] peaks (is) the mountain of Bashan. "the den of the
dragon-snake."..... Indicating that YHWH
does not dwell on
Bashan, which some Israelites may have confused with Hermon.

Chawah (h2332)
khav-vaw'; causat. from 2331; life-giver; Chavvah (or Eve), the first
woman: - Eve.Ge.3:20 And Adam called his wifes name Eve; because
she was the mother of all living.

Ge.4:1 AND Adam knew Eve his
wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man
from the Lord.
Ge 4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of
sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

No,
in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth. Psa 58:2
Even from birth the wicked go astray (adulterers, profane); from the womb they are
wayward
and speak lies. Psa 58:3
Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears Psa 58:4

(Venom in the second instance
is the plural of Chauwah, life-giver or Eve, the first woman. She is ZOE, the female
instructing principle.) Chauwowth yaiyr (h2334)
khav-vothe' yaw-eer'; from the plur. of 2332 and a modification of
3265; hamlets of Jair, a region of Pal.: - [Bashan-] Havoth-jair.
[Jaare-oregim']

"Anon shall the whole land be dancing, when Bromius leads his
revellersto
thehills, to the
hills away! where wait
him groups of maidens
from loom and shuttle roused
in frantic
haste by Dionysus. O
hidden cave of the Curetes! O hallowed haunts in
Crete, that saw Zeus born,

where
Corybantes with crested helms devised for me in their
grotto the rounded timbrel of ox-hide (lifeless instrument), mingling Bacchic minstrelsy with the shrill sweet
accents of the Phrygian flute,..........a gift bestowed by them on mother Rhea,..........to add its crash of music to the Bacchantes' ..........shouts of joy;

but frantic satyrswon it
from the mother-goddess
for their own, and
added it to their dances
in festivals, which gladden the heart of Dionysus, each third recurrent year. Oh!
happy that votary,
when from the hurrying revel-rout he sinks to earth, in
his holy robe of fawnskin, chasing the goat to drink its blood, a
banquet sweet of flesh
uncooked, as he hastes to Phrygia's or to Libya's hills; while in the van
the Bromian god exults with
cries of Evoe (Eve or
ZOE among the Gnostics). With milk
and wine and streams of luscious
honey flows the earth, and Syrian incense smokes.

While the Bacchante holding in his hand a
blazing torch of pine uplifted
on his wand waves it, as he speeds along, rousing wandering
votaries, and as he
waves it cries aloud with wanton tresses tossing in the breeze;
and thus to crown the
revelry, he raises loud
his voice, "On, on, ye
Bacchanals, pride of Tmolus
(a gold-producingmountain in Lydia, near Sardis:)
with its rills of gold to the sound of the booming drum,chanting in joyous strains the praises of your joyous god with Phrygian accents lifted high,
what time the holylute
with sweet complaining note invites you to your hallowed sport,

according
well with
feet that hurry wildly
to the hills; like a
colt that gambols at its mother's side in the pasture, with gladsome
heart each Bacchante bounds along."

9
These are the names of their
chiefs: Samyaza, who was their leader, Urakabarameel, Akibeel,
Tamiel, Ramuel, Danel, Azkeel, Saraknyal, Asael, Armers, Batraal,
Anane, Zavebe, Samsaveel, Ertael,
Turel, Yomyael, Arazyal. These were the prefects of the two hundred
angels, and the
remainder were all with them. (6)

(6)
The Aramaic
texts preserve an earlier list of names of these Watchers:

10
Then they took wives, each choosing for
himself; whom they began to
approach, and with whom they cohabited; teaching them sorcery, incantations, and the dividing of roots and trees.

Again,
remember
that the "trees"
in Eden were various nations. The nation of Assyria in Ezekiel 31 was
the "tallest tree in Eden" who sucked up all of the water (the
word).

Wives are symbolic of "churches" in the New Testament
and of God's chosen people in
the Old Testament. When Israel fell into "worship like the nations"
it involved songs and instruments as part of religious
incantations.

"For
after the intercourse, being asked to show
what they were before, and
being no longer able to do so, on account of their being unable to do aught else
after their defilement,
yet wishing to please their mistresses, instead of themselves, they
showed the bowel (marrow) of the earth; I mean, the choicemetals,
[flowers of metal] gold, brass, silver,
iron, and the like, with all the most precious stones.

And
along with
these charmedstones, they delivered the arts of the things
pertaining to each, and imparted the
discovery of magic,
and taught astronomy,

and
the powers
of roots, and whatever was impossible to be
found out by the human mind; also the reeking
of gold and silver, and the like, and the various dyeing of garments. And all
things, in short,

which
are for the adornment and delight of women,
are the discoveries of these demonsbound in
flesh.

Of
the king of Tyre as an agent
of Lucifer, Ezekiel wrote:

Thou
hast been in
Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz,
and the diamond, the beryl, the
onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,
and gold:

the
workmanship of thy tabrets
and of thy pipes
was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Eze.28:13

11
And the women conceiving brought forth
giants, (7)

(7)
The Greek texts
vary considerably from the Ethiopic text here. One Greek manuscript
adds to this section, "And they [the women] bore to them [the Watchers] three races: first, the great giants.
The giants brought forth [some say "slew"] the Naphelim, and the
Naphelim brought forth [or "slew"] the Elioud. And they existed,
increasing in power according to their greatness." See the account in the Book of
Jubilees.

12 Whose
stature was each three
hundred cubits. These devoured all which
the labor of men produced;until
it became impossible to feed them;
13 When they turned themselves against
men,
in order to devourthem;
14 And began to injure birds, beasts, reptiles, and
fishes, to eat their
flesh
one after
another, (8) and to drink their blood.

(8)
Their
flesh one after
another. Or,
"one
another's flesh." R.H.
Charles notes that this phrase may refer to the destruction of one class
of giants by another (Charles, p. 65).

This
may be the
"polemic" battle noted in Revelation 20.

15
Then the earth
reproved the unrighteous.

These
were men and women who
began as "servants" but before long all of the resources of the
people or "church" were devoured by the superior angel (messenger)
and his staff and programs. It was always unlawful to demand a tithe
of wages. Therefore, God said:

And
I will come near to you to
judgment; and I will be
a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the
adulterers, and against false
swearers, ..........and against those that oppress the hireling in
his wages, ..........the widow,
and the fatherless, and that turn aside
the stranger from his right,..........and fear not me,
saith the Lord of hosts. Mal.3:5Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites for ye devour widows houses,
and for a pretence
make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Mt.23:14

Enoch
and history agree that
music was a primary method of sorcery.

Chapter
8

1
Moreover Azazyel (Tubal-Cain etal.) taught men to make swords,
knives, shields, breastplates, the fabrication of
mirrors, and the workmanship of bracelets and ornaments, the use of paint,
the beautifying of the eyebrows, the use of stones
of every valuable and select kind, and all sorts of dyes, so that the world became altered.

(r) Genun(Tubal-Cain etal.) the Canaanite, son of Lamech the Blind, living in the Land of
the Slime
Pits,..........was ruled by Azael from his earliest youth,..........and invented all sorts of musical instruments...........When he played these, Azael entered into them too,..........so that they gave
forth seductive
tunesentrancing the hearts of all
listeners. Genun would assemble companies of musicians,..........who inflamedone
another with music until their lust burned
bright like
fire,..........and they lay together
promiscuously.

He also brewed beer, gathered great crowds
in taverns, gave them to drink,..........and taught them to forge iron
swords and spear-points,
..........with which to do murder
at random when they were
drunk.

The false
breastplace of Lucifer worn by the king/queen of
Babylon and of Tyre. Two of
the tribal stones are replaced with musical
instruments: drums
and windinstruments.

"Slightly
less
familiar are the Devil's
musical exploits. He
not only loves singing but is master of the violin, of which
instrument of evil he is reputedly the inventor. By the same token he can give
mastery of the violin, bartering infernal
skill
for the pupil's
soul.

These
legends are
related to the larger
belief in the supernatural origin of musicalskill
and individual songs." (Botkin, B. A., A Treasury of American
Folklore, Crown Publishers, p. 718; Cf. The Devil and the Fiddle,
Herbert Halpert, Hoosier Folklore Bulletin, Vol II (Dec.,
1943).

"In
pagan traditions, musical
instruments are invented by gods or demi-gods, such as titans.
In the Bible, credit is assigned to antediluvian patriarchs, for
example, the descendants of Cain in Genesis 4:21.

There
is no
other biblical tradition about the invention of musical instruments."
(Freedman, David Noel, Bible Review, Summer 1985, p. 51). (Proof
Here).

The
king of Tyre was the agent
of Lucifer according to Ezekiel. In describing the breastplate two
Israelite tribes are left out. They are replaced with tambourines and flutes or pipes:

Thou
hast been
in Eden the garden of
God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and
the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the
emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes
was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Eze.28:13

According
to Psalm 41, Judas as
the agent of Satan and the den of vipers in Jerusalem, represented
the same seductive force Satan always used against God's people.
Jesus said that:

They
are like unto
children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and
saying, We have piped
unto you, and ye have not danced;
we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. Lu.7:32

Therefore
mine
heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound
like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath
gotten are perished. Je.48:36

2 Impiety
increased;
fornication multiplied; and they transgressed and corrupted all their
ways.
3 Amazarak taught all the sorcerers, and dividers of roots:
4 Armerstaught the solution of sorcery;
5 Barkayaltaught the observers of the stars, (9)..........(9) Observers of the stars. Astrologers (Charles,
p. 67).6
Akibeeltaught signs;
7 Tamiel
taught astronomy;
8 And Asaradel taught the motion
of the moon,
9 And men, being destroyed, cried
out;
and their voice
reached to heaven.

Isa 57:3 But draw near hither, ye sons of
the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the
whore.

2K.21:6 And he made his
son pass through the fire, and observed
times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and
wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to
provoke him to anger.

Is.2:6 Therefore thou
hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob,
because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like
the Philistines, and they please themselves in the
children of
strangers.

The second book
of Adam and Eve puts the emphasis upon instrumental music and mix-sex
choirs. We know from Babylonia that this was a primary method of
sorcery.

Ravishing music;
strong drink loosed among the sons of Cain. They don colorful
clothing...........The children of
Seth look on with longing eyes. ..........They revolt from wise
counsel; they descend
the mountain into the valley of iniquity. ..........They can not ascend the
mountain again.

1 AFTER Cain
had gone down to
the land
of dark
soil,
and his children
had multiplied therein,
there was one of them, whose name was Genun, son of Lamech the
blind who slew
Cain.

2 But as to
this Genun, Satan came into him in his childhood;..........and he made sundry trumpets and horns,
and string instruments, ..........cymbals
and psalteries, and lyres
and harps,
and flutes; ..........and he played on them at
all times and at every hour.

[The
horns in Hebrew were the
yobels or Jubals from which Jubilee gets its meaning. Genun plays the part
of Jubal. The trumpet and the
idea of "triumphing over" people with panic
noise go
together.]

In
the Babylonian
stories two important gifts or "ME" was the art of homosexual love and making
instrumental music. This was
important in descending through the seven gates of hell. It was also the
practice of lamenting for Tammuz in
Ezekiel 8 practiced by the women.

"In
the name of my power! In the name of my holy shrine!

To
my daughter Inanna I shall give Truth!

..........Descent into the underworld! Ascent from the underworld!

..........The art of lovemaking! The art of kissing the
phallus!"

"In
the name of my power! In the name of my holy shrine!

To
my daughter Inanna I shall give

The
holy priestess of heaven!

..........The setting up of lamentations! The rejoicing of the heart!

..........The giving of
judgements! The making of decisions!"

He
gave me the art of kissing the phallus.

He
gave me the art of prostitution.

He
gave me the resounding musical instrument.

He
gave me the art of song.

..........He gave me the art of the elder

..........He gave me the kindling of strife.

"On
the day the Boat of Heaven

Enters
the Nigulla Gate of Uruk,

Let
high water sweep over the streets;

Let
high water flow over the paths.

Let
old men give counsel;

Let
old women offer heart-soothing.

Let
the young men show the might of their weapons;

Let
the little childrenlaugh and sing.

Let
all Uruk be festive!

Let
the high priest greet the Boat of Heaven with song.

Let
him utter prayers.

Let
him slaughter oxen and sheep.

Let
him pour beer out of the cup.

..........Let the drum and tambourine resound.

..........Let the sweet tigi-music be played.

..........Let all the lands
proclaim my noble name.

..........Let my people sing my praises."

Chapter
9

1
Then Michael and Gabriel,
Raphael, Suryal, and Uriel, looked down from heaven, and saw the
quantity of blood which was shed on earth, and all the iniquity which
was done upon it, and said one to another, It is the voice of their cries;

2 The
earth deprived of her childrenhas
cried even to the gate
of heaven.

And
I will turn
your feasts
into mourning, and all your songs
into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and
baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an
only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. Amos 8:10

Behold,
the days
come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not
a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words
of the Lord: Amos 8: 11

And
they shall
wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they
shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find
it. Amos 8: 12

3 And
now to you, O you holy
one of heaven, the souls
of men complain,
saying,

Obtain
Justice for
us with (10) the Most High. Then they said to their Lord, the King, You are Lord of lords, God of
gods, King of
kings.

The
throne of your glory is for
ever and ever, and for ever and ever is your name sanctified and
glorified. You are blessed and glorified.

And
when he had opened the
fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain
for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Re.6:9

And
they cried with
a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not
judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? Rev 6:10

And
white robes
were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that
they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants
also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should
be fulfilled. Rev 6:11

And
the ten
horns
which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom
as yet; but receive
power as kings one
hour
with the beast. Rev 17:12

These
have one
mind,
and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
Rev 17: 13

These
shall make war with the Lamb,
and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King
of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and
faithful. Rev 17: 14

And
he saith unto
me, The waters
which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. Rev 17: 15

The
same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of
God,
which is poured
out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be
tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels,
and in the presence of the Lamb: Re.14:10

And
out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should
smite the nations: and he
shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and
wrath of Almighty
God. Rev 19:15

And
he hath on his
vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF
LORDS. Rev 19: 16

4 You
have made all things; you
possess power over all things; and all things are open and manifest before
you. You behold all things, and
nothing can be concealed from you.

Thou
art worthy, O
Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created
all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. Rev 4:11

Neither
is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the
eyes of him with whom we have to
do. Hebrews 4:13

5 You have
seen what Azazyel has done, how he has taught every species of
iniquity upon
earth,..........and has disclosed to
the
world all the secret
things which are done in the heavens.

See
how Nadab and Abihuimposed incense along with the
other rituals of worship of "the starry host" because of musical
idolatry at Mount Sinai.

Even all
nations shall say,
Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the
heat of this great anger? Deut 29:24

Then men shall say,
Because they have
forsaken the covenant
of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he
brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: Deut 29:25

God
gave Israel a Covenant like
that given to Abraham containing no priesthood or sacrifice. When they
returned to the musical worship of Egypt God broke the covenant
and gave then
another Law which was not good.

For
they went and
served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and
whom he had not given unto them: Deut 29:26

And
the anger of
the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the
curses that are written in this book: Deut 29:27

And
the Lord rooted
them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great
indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day. Deut
29:28

The
secret things belong unto the Lord
our God: but those
things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for
ever, that we may do all
the words of this law.
Deut 29:29

The
making of instrumental
music and mixed-sex choirs were taught by Azazyel using youth such as
Jubal or Genun. Therefore, when used to take the mind off the Word of
God, it is called iniquity and it will be punished when God comes
with ten thousand angels or saints.

The
Gnostics saw Sophia-Zoe in the same way Lucifer
or Azazyelis defined and

Now
the production
of the
instructor came about
as follows. When Sophia
let fall a droplet of light,
it flowed onto the water, and immediately a human being appeared, being
androgynous.

That
droplet she
molded first
as a female
body.
Afterwards, using the body she molded it in the likeness of themother,
which had appeared. And he
finished it in twelve months. An androgynous human being was
produced, whom the Greeks call Hermaphrodites; and whose mother the
Hebrews call Eve of
Life
(Eve-Zoe), namely, the femaleinstructorof
life.

Her offspring is the creature that is lord.Afterwards,
the authorities called it "Beast",
so
that it might lead astray their modelled creatures.

The
interpretation of "the beast" is "the instructor".
For it was found to be the wisest of all
beings.

6 Samyaza
also has taught sorcery, to whom you have given
authority over those who are
associated with him. They have gone together to the daughters of men;
have lain with them; have become polluted;

7 And have
discovered crimes
(11) to them...........(11) Discovered
crimes. Or,
"revealed these sins" (Charles,
p. 70).8 The women
likewise have
brought forth giants.
9 Thus has the whole earth been
filled with blood and with iniquity.
10 And now behold the souls of
those who are

Matt
23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of
hell?

THE VIPER GENERATION:

Luke
1:74 That he would grant unto us, that we, .........being
deliveredout of the
hand of our
enemies, .........might serve him without
fear,

The
enemy is the Nahash or
serpent or Musical Enchanter John called Sorcerers (singers,
musicians).

For
their power is in their mouth, and in their tails:
for their tails were like unto serpents,
and had heads, and with them they do hurt. Re.9:19

And the
great dragon was cast
out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth
the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels
were
cast out with him. Re.12:9

G2190 echthros
ekh-thros' From a primary word echthō (to
hate); hateful (passively odious, or actively hostile); usually as a
noun, an adversary (especially Satan):--enemy, foe.G2191 echidna
ekh'-id-nah Of uncertain origin; an adder or other poisonous snake
(literally or figuratively): viper.

Matt
23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of
hell

Fear
is "phobos" or
'Apollyon" is the 'spiritual anxiety' or the FEAR and FRIGHT which is
Satan's DRIVEN PURPOSE for all musical rituals.
Matt 23:34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you
prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall
ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them
from city to city:
Matt 23:35 That upon you may come all the righteous
blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of
Zacharias son of
Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

11
And complain
even to the gate of
heaven.

12
Their groaningascends; nor
can they escape from the unrighteousness which is committed on earth.
You know all things, before they exist.

13 You know
these things, and
what has been done by them; yet you do not speak to us.
14 What on account of these
things ought we to do to them?

Chapter
10

1 Then the Most High, the Great and Holy One
spoke,
2 And sent Arsayalalyur (12) to
the son
of
Lamech,..........(12) Arsayalalyur. Here one Greek text
reads "Uriel."

3
Saying, Say to him in my
name, Conceal
yourself.

4
Then explain to him the consummation which is about
to take place; for all the earth shall
perish; the waters of a deluge shall come over the whole earth, and
all things which are in it shall be destroyed.

5 And
now teach him how he may
escape, and how his seed may remain in all the earth.

6
Again the Lord said to
Raphael, Bind Azazyel
hand and foot; cast him into darkness; and opening
the desert which
is in Dudael,
cast him in there.

7 Throw upon
him hurled and pointed stones, covering him
with
darkness;
8 There shall he remain for
ever; cover his face, that he may not see the light.
9 And in the great day of
judgment let him be cast into the fire.
10 Restore the earth, which the
angels have corrupted; and announce life to
it, that I may revive
it.
11 All the sons of men shall
not
perish in
consequence of every
secret,..........by which the
Watchers have destroyed, and which they have taught, their
offspring.12 All the
earth has been corrupted by the effects of the
teaching of Azazyel...........To him therefore
ascribe the whole
crime.13 To Gabriel
also the Lord
said, Go to the biters,
(13) to the reprobates, to the children of
fornication; ..........and destroy
the children of fornication, the offspring of the Watchers, from among men; bring
them forth,..........and excite them one against
another. Let them
perish by mutual slaughter; for length of days
shall not be theirs.

14
They shall all entreat you,
but their fathers shall not obtain their wishes respecting them; for
they shall hope for eternal
life, and that they may live, each of them, five hundred
years.

15 To
Michael likewise the Lord said,
Go and announce his
crime
to Samyaza, and to the others who
are with him,
who have been associated with women, that
they might be polluted with all their
impurity.

And
when all their sons
shall be slain, when they shall see the perdition of their beloved,
bind them for seventy
generations underneath
the earth, even to the day of judgment, and of consummation,
until
the judgment, the effect
of
which will last for
ever, be completed.

This
was not
against marriage but against marriage of the angelic beings with
humans. It is apparent, if we believe the Word, that their
descendants still populate the earth and are at work when the sins
they committed are repeated:

I
will therefore put you in
remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having
saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them
that believed
not.
Jude 5

And
the angels
which kept not their
first estate, but left
their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting
chains under
darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Jude 6

Even
as Sodom and
Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner,
giving themselves
over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for
an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Jude 7

And
their dead bodies shall lie
in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom
and Egypt, where also our Lord was
crucified.
Re.11:8

BUT
there were false prophets
also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in
damnable
heresies, even denying
the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift
destruction. 2 Peter 2:1

And
many shall follow their
pernicious ways; by reason of
whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 2 Peter 2: 2

And
through covetousness shall
they with feigned words make merchandise of you:
whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their
damnation slumberethnot. 2
Peter 2:
3

For
if God spared not the angels that
sinned, but cast them
down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be
reserved unto judgment; 2 Peter 2: 4

And
spared not the
old world, but saved Noah the eigth person, a preacher of
righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; 2
Peter 2: 5

And
they went up on the breadth
of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the
beloved city: and fire
came down from God out of heaven, and devouredthem.
Revelation 20:9

And
the devil that deceived them was
cast into the
lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast
and the false
prophet are, and shall
be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Revelation 20: 10

Sophia-Zoe
is the Gnostic
female model of the beast. Click
Here
Believe it or not,
the beast is at work when women force the men into forming musical
groups in an attempt to ascend up to God's throne or to drag Him down
into their presence. History knows no other tradition.

16
Then shall they be taken
away into the lowest depths of the fire in torments; and in confinement
shall they be shut up for ever.

17 Immediately
after this shall he, (14) together with
them, burn and
perish; they shall be bound until the consummation of many
generations...........(14) He. I.e., Samyaza.18 Destroy all
the souls addicted to
dalliance,
(15) and the
offspring of the Watchers, for they have tyrannized over mankind...........(15) Dalliance. Or, "lust"
(Knibb, p. 90; cp. Charles, p. 76). (Playfulsex)

20 Let every evil
work be
destroyed;
21 The plant of righteousness
and of rectitude appear, and its produce become a blessing.
22 Righteousness and rectitude
shall be for ever planted with delight.

23
And then shall all the
saints give thanks, and live until they have begotten a thousandchildren,
while the whole period of their youth,
and their sabbaths shall be completed in
peace. In those days all the
earth shall be cultivated in righteousness; it shall be wholly
planted with trees,
and filled with benediction; every tree of delight shall be planted
in it.

24 In
it shall vines be
planted; and the vine which shall be planted in it shall yield fruit
to satiety; every seed, which shall be sown in it, shall produce for
one measure a thousand; and one measure of olives shall produce ten
presses of oil.

25 Purify
the earth from all
oppression, from all injustice, from all crime,
from all impiety, and
from all the pollution which is committed upon it. Exterminate them
from the earth.

26
Then shall all the children
of men be righteous, and all nations shall pay me divine honours, and
bless me; and all shall adore me.

27
The earth shall be cleansed
from all corruption, from every crime, from all punishment, and from
all suffering; neither will I again send a deluge upon it from
generation to generation for ever.

28 In
those days I will open
the treasures
of
blessing which are in heaven, that I may cause them
to descend upon earth, and
upon all the works and labour of man.

29
Peace and equity shall
associate with the sons of men all the days of the world, in every
generation of it.

(No
Chapter 11)

Chapter
12

1
Before all these things Enoch
was concealed; nor did any one of the sons of men know where he was
concealed, where he had been, and what had happened.

2 He was
wholly engaged with
the holy ones, and with the Watchers in his days.
3 I, Enoch, was blessing the
great Lord and King of peace.
4 And behold the Watchers
called me Enoch the scribe.

5
Then the
Lord said to me: Enoch, scribe of righteousness, go
tell
the Watchers of heaven, ..........who have deserted the lofty sky, and their holy
everlasting station, who have been polluted with
women.

6 And
have done as the sons of
men do, by taking to themselves wives, ..........and who have been greatly corrupted on the earth;

7
That on the earth they shall never obtain peace
and remission of sin.
For they shall not rejoice in their offspring; they shall behold the
slaughter of their beloved; shall lament
for the destruction of their sons; and shall petition for ever; but
shall not obtain mercy and peace.

Chapter
13

1
Then Enoch, passing on, said
to Azazyel: You shalt not
obtain peace. A great sentence is
gone forth against you. He shall bind you;

2 Neither
shall relief, mercy,
and supplication be yours, on account of the oppression which you have taught;
3 And on account of every act
of blasphemy, tyranny, and sin, which you have discovered to the
children of men.

4 Then departing from him I spoke to them all
together;
5 And they all became
terrified, and trembled;

6
Beseeching me to write for
them a memorial of supplication, that they might obtain forgiveness;

and
that I might
make the memorial of their prayer ascend up before the God of heaven;
because they could not
themselves
thenceforwards address him, nor raise up their eyes to heaven on
account of the disgraceful offence for which they were
judged.

7
Then I wrote a memorial of
their prayer and supplications, for their spirits, for everything
which they had done, and for the subject of their entreaty, that they
might obtain remission and rest.

8 Proceeding
on, I continued
over the waters of Danbadan, (16) which is on the
right to the west of Armon
(Hermon), reading the
memorial of their prayer, until I fell asleep...........(16) Danbadan. Dan in Dan (Knibb, p.
94).9
And behold a dream came to
me, and visions appeared above me. I fell down and saw a vision of
punishment, that I might relate it to the sons of heaven, and reprove
them. When I awoke I went to them. All being collected together stood
weeping in Oubelseyael, which is situated
between Libanos and Seneser, (17) with
their faces veiled...........(17) Libanos and
Seneser. Lebanon and
Senir (near Damascus).

10 I related in their presence
all the visions which I had seen, and my dream;

11 And began to utter these
words of righteousness, reproving the Watchers of heaven.

Chapter
14

1
This is the book of the words
of righteousness, and of the reproof of the Watchers, who belong
to the world,
(18) according to that which He, who is holy and great, commanded in
the vision. I perceived in my dream,

that
I was now speaking with a
tongue of flesh, and with my
breath,
which the
Mighty One has put into the mouth of men, that they might converse
with
it...........(18) Who belong to the
world. Or, "who (are)
from eternity" (Knibb, p. 95).

2 And
understandwith
the heart.

As
he has created and given to men the power of comprehending the word of understanding,

so
has he created and given to
me the
power of reproving the
Watchers, the offspring
of heaven.

I
have written your petition;
and in my vision it has been shown me, that what you request will not
be granted you as long as the world endures.

3
Judgment has been passed upon
you: your
request will not be granted you.

4
From this time forward, never shall you ascend into heaven; He has said, that on
the earth

He
will bind you, as long as the
world
endures.

5 But
before these things you
shall behold the destruction of your beloved sons; you shall not possess
them, but they
shall fall before you by the sword.

6 Neither
shall you entreat for
them, not for yourselves;
7 But you shall weep and supplicate in silence. The words of the book
which I wrote. (19)

(19)
But
you shall weep, I
wrote. Or, "Likewise
despite your tears and prayers you will receivenothing
whatever contained in the writing which I have written" (Charles, p.
80).

And
the disciples came, and
said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? Matthew 13:10

He
answered and
said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of
the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. Matthew 13:11

For
whosoever hath, to him
shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath
not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Matthew 13:12

Therefore
speak I to them in
parables: because they
seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they
understand. Matthew
13:13

And
in them is fulfilled the
prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall
not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
Matthew 13:14

For
this peoples
heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their
eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their
eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their
heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. Matthew 13:15

All
these things spake Jesus
unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable
spake he not unto them:
Matthew 13:34

That
it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my
mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept
secret from the foundation of the
world.
Matthew 13:35

8 A
vision thus appeared to
me.

9
Behold, in that vision clouds and a mist
invited me; agitated stars and flashes of
lightning impelled and
pressed me forwards, while winds in the vision assisted my flight,
accelerating my progress.

10 They
elevated me aloft to
heaven. I proceeded, until I arrived at a wall built with stones
of
crystal. A vibrating
flame
(20) surrounded
it, which began to strike me with terror...........(20) Vibrating
flame. Literally, "a tongue of
fire"

11
Into this vibrating flame I
entered;

12
And drew nigh to a spacious
habitation built also with stones of crystal. Its walls too, as well
as pavement, were formed with stones of crystal,
and crystal
likewise was the ground. Its roof had the appearance of agitated
stars
and flashes of
lightning; and among them were cherubim of fire in a stormy sky. (21)
A flame burned around its walls; and its portal blazed with fire.
When I entered into this dwelling, it was hot as fire and cold as
ice. No
trace of delight or of life was there.
Terror overwhelmed me, and a
fearful shaking seized me.

13
Violently agitated and
trembling, I fell upon my face. In the vision I looked.

14
And behold there was another
habitation more spacious than the former, every entrance to
which was open before me, erected
in the
midst of a vibrating
flame.

15 So
greatly did it excel in
all points, in glory, in magnificence, and in magnitude, that it is
impossible to describe to you either the splendour or the extent of
it.

16
Its floor was on fire; above
were lightnings and agitated stars, while its roof exhibited a
blazing fire.

17
Attentively I surveyed it,
and saw that it contained an exalted throne;

18
The appearance of which was
like that of frost; while its circumference resembled the orb of the
brilliant sun; and there
was the
voice of the
cherubim.

19 From
underneath this mighty
throne rivers of flaming fire issued.
20 To look upon it was
impossible.
21 One
great in glory sat upon it:
22 Whose robe was brighter than
the sun, and whiter than snow.

23 No
angel was capable of
penetrating to view the face of Him, the Glorious
and the Effulgent;
nor could any mortal behold Him. A fire was flaming around
Him.

24 A
fire also of great extent
continued to rise up before Him; so that not one of those who
surrounded Him was capable of approaching Him, among the myriads of
myriads (22) who were before Him. To Him holy consultation was
needless. Yet did not the sanctified, who were near Him, depart far
from Him either by night or by day; nor were they removed from Him. I
also was so far advanced, with a veil on my face, and trembling. Then
the Lord with his own
mouth called me, saying,Approach hither, Enoch,
at my holy word.

25
And He raised me up, making
me draw near even to the entrance. My eye was directed to the
ground.

Chapter
15

1
Then addressing me, He spoke
and said, Hear, neither be afraid, O righteous Enoch, you scribe of
righteousness: approach hither, and hear my voice. Go, say to the Watchers
of heaven, who have sent you to pray for them, You ought to
pray for men, and not men for you.

2
Wherefore have you forsaken
the lofty and holy heaven, which endures for ever, and have
lain with
women; have defile yourselves with the daughters of men; have taken
to yourselves wives; have acted like the sons of the earth, and have
begotten an impious offspring? (23)

3 You
being
spiritual, holy, and possessing a life which is
eternal, have polluted yourselves with women; have begotten in carnal
blood; have lusted in the blood of men; and have done as those who are flesh and blood do.

4 These
however die and
perish.
5 Therefore have I given to
them wives, that they might cohabit with them;..........that sons might be
born of them; and that this might be transacted upon earth.6 But you from the beginning were made spiritual, possessing a life
which is eternal, and not subject to
death for ever.
7 Therefore I made not wives
for you, because, being spiritual, your dwelling is in heaven.
8 Now the giants, who have been born of spirit and of flesh,
shall be called upon earth evil spirits, and on earth shall be
their habitation.

Evil
spirits
shall proceed from their flesh, because they were
created from above; from the holy
Watchers was their
beginning and primary foundation.

Evil spirits shall they be
upon earth, and
the spirits
of the
wicked shall they be
called. The habitation of the spirits of heaven shall
be in heaven; but upon earth shall be the habitation of terrestrial spirits, who are born on earth.
(24)

(24)
Note the many
implications of vss. 3-8 regarding the progeny
of evil
spirits.

The
New Testament clearly
teaches that there are two classes of beings on the earth. The first
kind are purely humans who are meek, weak and without the charismatic
power to control others. The second kind is a kind of creature who
can transform themselves into "angels of light." That is they are
preachers or messengers of the gospel. Where else would Satan use all
of his wiles to place his agents. Didn't Judas become one of the
twelve apostles? Not without God's will but the message is that Satan
has his agents undoubtedly in the majority of the world's
pulpits.

For
we wrestle not against flesh and
blood, but
against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in
high places. Ep.6:12

NOW
the Spirit speaketh expressly,
that in the latter times some
shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 1Ti.4:1

And
he cried mightily with a
strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is
become the habitation of
devils (demons who distribute fortunes), and the habitation of
every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean
and hateful
bird
(who rise above
the mountains). Re.18:2

Katoiketerion (g2732)
kat-oy-kay-tay'-ree-on; from a der. of 2730;
a dwelling-place: - habitation.

The
"habitations" under the
control of Satan will look much like those of the Holy Spirit:

Eph
2:1 AND you
hath he quickened, who were dead in
trespasses and sins;
Eph 2: 18 For through him we
both have access by one
Spirit unto the
Father.Eph
2: 19 Now therefore ye are
no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of
the household
of God;

You
can sweep your habitation
clean of these evil spirits but unless you have a total teaching
program you are left empty. As a result,

Then
goeth he, and
taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and
dwell there: and the last
state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also
unto thiswicked
generation.
Mt.12:45

Of
that wicked generation,
Jesus identified the total clergy as vipers or poisonous
snakes

But
when he saw
many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto
them, O generation of
vipers, who hath warned
you to flee from the wrath to come? Mt.3:7

When
Babylon
falls:

And
the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers,
and trumpeters, shall be heard no more
at all in thee; and no
craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in
thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in
thee; Revelation 18:22

BELOVED,
believe not every
spirit, but try the
spirits whether they
are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the
world.
1Jn.4:1

Not
as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and
slew his brother.
And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil,
and his brothers righteous.1Jn.3:12

Poneros
(g4190) pon-ay-ros'; from a der. of 4192; hurtful, i.e. evil (prop. in
effect or influence, and thus
differing from 2556, which refers rather to essential character, as
well as from 4550, which indicates degeneracy from original virtue);
fig. calamitous; also (pass.) ill, i.e. diseased; but espec. (mor.)
culpable, i.e. derelict, vicious, facinorous; neut. (sing.) mischief,
malice or (plur.) guilt; masc. (sing.) the devil, or (plur.) sinners:
- bad, evil, grievous, harm, lewd, malicious, wicked (-ness). See
also 4191.

9 The spirits of the giants shall be likeclouds,
(25) which shall oppress, corrupt, fall, content, and bruise
upon earth...........(25) The Greek word
for "clouds"
here, nephelas, may disguise a more
ancient reading, Napheleim (Nephilim).

A
cloud is something which
keeps the "light" from shining. However, these clouds as satanic
spirits have no water:

These
are spots in your feasts of
charity, when they feast with you, feedingthemselves without fear: clouds
they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit
withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up
by the roots;
Jude 12

These
"clouds" were also
"roving
stars"
or planets. In many documents
these were
identified with the agents of Satan who deceived the Sethites
(Non-Cainites) with instrumental music and mixed sex choirs.

The
"ten thousand" God will
bring will be to execute judgment upon the "watchers" who still
seduce people with instrumental music, wine, mixed-sex choirs and
practice abortion.

(Nephalę). Wife of Athamas and
mother of Phrixus and Hellé. Hence Hellé is called
by Ovid,
Nepheleďs. See Athamas.

10 They shallcause
lamentation. No food
shall they eat; and they shall be thirsty; they shall be concealed, and shall not (26)
rise up against the sons of men,
and against women; for they come forth during the days of slaughter
and destruction.

(26)
Shall
not.
Nearly all
manuscripts contain this negative, but Charles, Knibb, and others
believe the "not"
should be deleted so the phrase reads "shall rise up."

Furthermore, of this wicked
generation Jesus said
and we repeat:

But
whereunto shall
I liken
this
generation? It is like
unto children sitting in the markets,
and calling unto their
fellows, Mt.11:16

And
saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have
not danced; we
have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. Mt 11:17

After
warning Israel of their
idol worship with music in chapters 5 and 6, in chapter 8 he shows
the results:

And
he said, Amos, what seest
thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto
me, The end is
come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by
them any
more.
Amos 8:2

And
the songs of the temple
shall be howlings in that day, saith the
Lord God: there shall be many
dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with
silence. Amos 8:3

Hear
this, O ye that swallow up
the needy, even to make the poor of the land to
fail, Amos 8:4

Saying,
When will the new moon
be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth
wheat, making the ephah
small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
Amos 8:5

And
it shall come
to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to
go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day: Amos
8:9

And
I will turn your feasts into
mourning, and all your songs into
lamentation; and I will
bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and
I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as
a bitter day. Amos 8:10

Behold,
the days
come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a
famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words
of the Lord: Amos 8:11

And
they shall wander from sea to sea, and
from the north
even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the
Lord,
and shall not
find it. Amos 8:12

Perhaps
the world has never
experienced such a host of people selling Christianity through music
and "praise" while their "customers" are honestly looking for
spiritual food but just become drunk on new wine.

Chapter
16

1 And as to
the death of the
giants, wheresoever their spirits depart from their
bodies, let their
flesh, that which is perishable, be without judgment. (27) Thus shall
they perish, until the day of the great consummation of the great
world. A destruction
shall take place of the Watchers and the impious...........(27) Let their flesh, be
without judgment. Or,
"their flesh shall be destroyed before
the judgment" (Knibb, p. 102).

2 And now to
the Watchers, who
have sent you to pray for them, who in the beginning were in
heaven,
3 Say, In
heaven have you been; secret things, however, have not been
manifested to you; yet have you known a reprobated mystery.

4 And
this you have related to women in the hardness of your
heart, and by that
mystery have women and mankind multiplied evils upon
the
earth.

5 Say
to them, Never therefore
shall you obtain peace.

Chapter
17

1 They raised
me up into a
certain place, where there was (28) the appearance of a burning fire;
and when they pleased they assumed the likeness of men...........(28) Where there
was.
Or, "where they
[the angels] were like" (Knibb, p. 103).

2
They carried me to a lofty
spot, to a mountain, the top of which reach
to heaven.

3 And I beheld
the receptacles
of light and of thunder at the extremities of the place, where it was
deepest. There was a bow of fire, and arrows in their quiver, a sword
of fire, and every species of lightning.
4 Then they elevated me to a babbling
stream, (29) and to a
fire in the west, which received all the setting of the sun.
I came to a river of fire,
which flowed like water, and emptied itself into the great sea
westwards...........(29) To a babbling
stream. Literally, "to water of life, which
spoke"
(Laurence, p.
23).

5 I
saw every large river,
until I arrived at the great darkness. I went to where all of flesh
migrate; and I beheld the mountains of the gloom which constitutes
winter, and the place from which issues the water in every
abyss.

6 I
saw also the mouths of all
the rivers in the world, and the mouths of the deep.

Chapter
18

1 I
then surveyed the
receptacles of all the winds, perceiving that they contributed to
adorn the whole creation, and to preserve the foundation of the
earth.

2 I surveyed
the stonewhich supports the corners of the
earth.
3 I also beheld the four winds,
which bear up the earth, and the firmament of heaven.
4 And I beheld the winds
occupying the exalted sky.
5 Arising in the midst of
heaven and of earth, and constituting the pillars of heaven.

6 I
saw the winds which turn
the sky, which cause the orb of the sun and of all the stars to set;
and over the earth I saw the winds which support the clouds.

7 I saw the
path of the
angels.
8 I perceived at the extremity
of the earth the firmament of heaven above it. Then I passed on
towards the south;
9 Where burnt, both by day and
night, six mountains formed of gloriousstones;
three towards the
east, and three towards the south.

10
Those which were towards the
east were of a variegated stone; one of which was of margarite,
and
another of antimony. Those towards the south were of a red stone. The
middle one reached to heaven like the throne of God; a throne composed of alabaster, the top of
which was of
sapphire. I saw, too, a blazing fire hanging over all the
mountains.

11 And there I
saw a place on
the other side of an extended territory, where waters were
collected.
12 I likewise beheld
terrestrial fountains, deep in the fiery columns of heaven.

13
And in the columns of heaven
I beheld fires,
which descended without number, but neither on high, nor into the
deep. Over these fountains also I perceived a place which had neither
the firmament of heaven above it, nor the solid ground underneath it;
neither was there water above it; nor anything on wing; but the spot
was desolate.

14 And there I
beheld seven
stars,
like great
blazing mountains, and like spirits entreating me.
15 Then the angel said, This
place, until the consummation of heaven and earth,..........will be the prison of the
stars,
and the host of
heaven.

16
The stars which roll over fireare
those
which transgressed the
commandment of God
before their time arrived; for they came not in their proper
season. Therefore was He offended with them,
and bound them, until the period of the consummation of their crimes
in the secret year.

Thou
hast been in
Eden the garden of God; every precious stone
was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the
onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,
and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets
and of thy pipes
was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Eze.28:13

Thou
art the
anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon
the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the
stones of fire. Ezek
28:14

Chapter
19

1 Then Uriel
said, Here the
angels, who cohabited
with women, appointed
their leaders;
2 And being numerous in
appearance (30) made men profane, and caused them to err;

so
that they sacrificedto
devils as to gods. For
in the great day there
shall be a judgment,
with which they shall be judged, until they are consumed; and their
wives also shall be judged,who led astray the
angels of heaven that
they might salute them.

MOREOVER,
brethren, I would not
that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the
cloud, and all passed through the sea; 1 Cor 10: 1

And
were all
baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 1 Cor 10: 2
And did all eat the same
spiritual meat; 1 Cor 10: 3
And did all drink the same
spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed
them: and that Rock was Christ. 1 Cor 10: 4
But with many of them God was
not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 1 Cor
10: 5
Now these things were our
examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they
also lusted. 1 Cor 10: 6

Neither
be ye idolaters, as
were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and
drink, and rose up to
play.
1 Cor 10:
7

Neither
let us commit
fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and
twenty thousand. 1 Cor 10: 8

Neither
let us
tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of
serpents. 1 Cor 10:9

But
I say, that the things
which the Gentiles
sacrifice, they
sacrifice to devils,
and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with
devils. 1 Cor 10:20

Ye
cannot drink the
cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers
of the Lords table, and of
the table
of
devils. 1 Cor 10:21

23. Now I have much grief,
my children,
because of your lewdness, and witchcrafts, and idolatries,..........which ye will
work against the kingdom,..........following them that have
familiar
spirits (The Witch of
Endor used an empty wineskin as a echo instrument)

The
familiar spirit is not a
'little channeler' but is a musical instrument:

Owb
(h178) obe; from the same as 1 (appar. through the idea of prattling
a father's name); prop. a mumble, i. e. a water-skin (from its hollow
sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar): - bottle,
familiar spirit.

Similarly,
a Psaltery
is:

Nebel
(h5035) neh'-bel; or neÇbel nay'-bel; from 5034; a skin- bag
for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence a vase (as similar in
shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form): -
bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol

For
ye are not come
unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor
unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, Heb. 12:18

And
the sound of a
trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard
intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
Heb.12:19

ye
will make your daughters singing girls and
harlots for divinations and demons of error,
and ye will be mingled in the pollutions of the
Gentiles: for which things' sake the Lord
shall bring upon you famine and pestilence, death and the sword,
avenging siege, and dogs
for the rending in pieces of enemies, and revilings of friends, destruction and
blighting of eyes,
children slaughtered, wives carried off, possessions plundered, temple of God in
flames, your land
desolated, your own selves enslaved among the Gentiles,

and
they shall make some of you eunuchs for
their wives; and
whenever ye will return to the Lord with humility of heart, repenting
and walking in all the commandments of God, then will the Lord visit
you in mercy and in love, bringing you from out of the bondage of
your enemies.

24. And after these things shall a Star arise to you from Jacob in
peace, and a Man
shall rise from my seed, like the Sun of righteousness, walking with
the sons of men in meekness and righteousness, and no sin shall be
found in Him.

And
the heavens
shall be opened
above
Him, to shed
forth the blessing of
the Spirit from the
Holy Father

Chapter
20

1 These are
the names of the
angels who watch.
2 Uriel,
one of the holy angels, who presides over clamor
and terror.3 Raphael, one
of the holy
angels, who presides over the spirits of men.
4 Raguel, one of the holy
angels, who inflicts punishment on the world and the
luminaries.
5 Michael, one of the holy
angels, who, presiding over human virtue,
commands the nations.
6 Sarakiel, one of the holy
angels, who presides over the spirits of the
children of men that
transgress.
7 Gabriel, one of the holy
angels, who presides over Ikisat,
(31) over paradise, and over the cherubim...........(31) Ikisat. The serpents (Charles, p. 92; Knibb,
p. 107).

Chapter
21

1
Then I made a circuit to a
place in which nothing was completed.

2 And
there I beheld neither
the tremendous workmanship of an exalted heaven, nor of an
established earth, but a desolate spot, prepared, and
terrific.

3
There, too, I beheld seven
stars
of heaven bound
in it together, like great mountains, and like a blazing fire. I exclaimed, For what
species of crime have they
been bound, and why have they been removed to this place? Then Uriel,
one of the holy angels who was with me, and who conducted me,
answered: Enoch, wherefore do you ask; wherefore do you reason with yourself,
and anxiously inquire?

These
are those of
the stars
which have
transgressed the
commandment of the most high God; and are here bound, until the
infinite number of the days of their crimes be completed.

4
From there I afterwards
passed on to another terrific place;

5
Where I beheld the operation
of a great fire blazing and glittering, in the midst of which there
was a division. Columns
of fire struggled
together to the end of the abyss, and deep was their descent. But
neither its measurement nor magnitude was I able to discover; neither
could I perceive its origin. Then I exclaimed, How terrible is this
place, and how difficult to explore!

AND
I saw an angel
come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a
great chain in his hand. Rev 20:1

And
he laid hold on
the dragon,
that old serpent, which is the Devil,
and Satan,
and bound him a thousand years, Rev 20: 2

And
cast him into
the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he
should deceive the nations no
more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he
must be loosed a little season. Rev 20: 3

6
Uriel, one of the holy angels
who was with me, answered and said: Enoch, why are you alarmed and
amazed at this terrific place, at the sight of this place of suffering? This, he
said, is the prison of the angels; and here they are kept
for
ever.

Chapter
22

1
From there I proceeded to
another spot, where I saw on the west a great and lofty mountain, a
strong rock, and four delightful places.

2
Internally it was deep,
capacious, and very smooth; as smooth as if it had been rolled over:
it was both deep and dark to behold.

3
Then Raphael, one of the holy
angels who were with me, answered and said, These are the delightful
places where the spirits, the souls of the dead, will be collected;
for them were they formed; and here will be collected all the souls
of the sons of men.

4
These places, in which they
dwell, shall they occupy until the day of judgment, and until their
appointed period.

5 Their
appointed period will
be long, even until the great judgment...........And I saw the spirits of the sons of men who were dead;..........and their voices reached to heaven,
while they were accusing.

6
Then I inquired of Raphael, an angel who was with
me, and said,
Whose spirit is that, the voice of which reaches to heaven, and accuses?

7 He answered,
saying, This is
the spirit
of
Abel
who was slain by Cain his brother;..........and who will accuse that
brother,..........until his seed be
destroyed
from the face of the earth;

8
Until his seed perish from the seed of
the human race.

Raphael
speaking to Enoch in
the region of the dead:

9 At
that time therefore I
inquired respecting him, and respecting the general judgment, saying,
Why is one separated from another?

He
answered, Three separations have been made between
the spirits
of the dead,
and thus have the spirits of the righteous been
separated.

10
Namely, by a chasm, by water, and bylight above it.

11
And in the same way likewise
are sinners
separated
when they die, and are
buried in the earth; judgment not overtaking them in their
lifetime.

12
Here their souls are
separated. Moreover, abundant is their suffering until the time of
the
great judgment, the
castigation, and the torment of those who eternally execrate, whose souls are
punished and bound
there for ever.

Abraham
speaking to Dives in
hell:

And
beside all
this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they
which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to
us, that would come from thence. Luke 16:26

13
And thus has it been from
the beginning of the world. Thus has there existed a separation
between the souls of those who utter complaints, and of those who
watch for their destruction, to slaughter them in the day of
sinners.

14 A receptacle of this sort has been
formed for the souls of
unrighteous men, and of sinners; of those who have completed crime,
and associated with the impious, whom they resemble. Their souls
shall not be annihilated in the day of judgment, neither shall they
arise from this place. Then I blessed God,

15
And said, Blessed by my
Lord, the Lord of glory and of righteousness, who reigns over all for
ever and for ever.

Chapter
23

1
From there I went to another
place, towards the west, unto the extremities of the earth.

2
Where I beheld a fire blazing
and running along without cessation, which intermitted its course
neither by day nor by night; but continued always the same.

3 I
inquired, saying, What is
this, which never ceases?

4
Then Raguel, one of the holy
angels who were with me, answered,

5 And
said, This blazing fire,
which you behold running towards the west, is that of all the luminaries of
heaven.

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24

1 I
went from there to another
place, and saw a mountain of fire flashing both by day
and night. I proceeded towards
it; and perceived seven
splendid mountains, which were all different from each other.

2
Their stones were brilliant and
beautiful; all were brilliant and
splendid to behold; and beautiful was their surface. Three mountains were towards the east, and strengthened by
being placed one upon another;
and three were towards the south, strengthened in a similar manner.

There
were likewise deep
valleys, which did not
approach each other. And the seventh mountain was in the midst of
them. In length they all
resembled the seat of a throne, and odoriferous trees
surrounded them.

3 Among these
there was a tree of an unceasing
smell;
nor of those which were in
Eden
was there one of
all the fragrant trees which smelt like this. Its leaf, its
flower, and its bark never withered, and its fruit was
beautiful.

4 Its
fruit resembled the cluster of the
palm.
I exclaimed,
Behold! This tree is goodly in aspect, pleasing in its leaf, and the
sight of its fruit is delightful to the eye. Then Michael, one of the
holy and glorious angels who were with me, and one who presided over them,
answered,

5 And said:
Enoch, why do you
inquire respecting the odour of this tree?
6 Why are
you inquisitive to know it?
7 Then I, Enoch, replied to
him, and said, Concerning everything I am desirous of instruction,
but particularly concerning this tree.

8 He
answered me, saying, That mountain which you behold, the
extent of whose
head resembles the seat
of the Lord, will be
the seat on which shall
sit the holy and great Lord of glory, the everlasting King,
when he shall come and descend to
visit
the earth with
goodness.

9 And
that tree
of an agreeable
smell,
not one of carnal odor, there shall be no
power to touch, until the period
of the great judgment. When all shall be punished and consumed for
ever, this shall be bestowed on the righteous and humble.

The
fruit of the tree
shall be given to the elect.
For towards the north life shall be planted in the holy place,
towards the habitation of the everlasting King.

10
Then shall they greatly
rejoice and exult in the Holy One. The sweet odor shall enter into
their bones; and they shall live a long life on the earth as your
forefathers have lived; neither in their days shall sorrow, distress,
trouble, and punishment afflict them.

In
the midst of the
street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of
life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every
month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the
nations. Rev 22:2

He
that hath an ear, let him
hear what the Spiritsaith unto the churches; To
him that
overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the
midst of the paradise of God. Rev 2:7

Blessed
are they that do his
commandments, that they
may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the
city.
Rev 22:14

For
without are dogs, and
sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and
whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. Rev 22:15

11
And I blessed the Lord of
glory, the everlasting King, because He has prepared this tree for the saints, formed
it, and declared that He
would give it to them.

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25

1
From there I proceeded to the
middle of the earth, and beheld a happy and fertile spot, which
contained branches continually sprouting from the trees which were
planted in it.

There
I saw a holy
mountain, and underneath it water on
the eastern side, which
flowed towards the south. I saw also on the east anothermountain as high as that; and
between them there were deep,
but not wide valleys.

2
Water ran towards the
mountain to the west of this; and underneath there was likewise
another mountain.

3
There was a valley, but not a
wide one, below it; and in the midst of them were other deep and dry
valleys towards the extremity of the three. All these valleys, which
were deep, but not side, consisted of a strong rock, with a tree which was planted in
them. And I wondered at the
rock and at the valleys, being extremely surprised.

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26

1 Then I said,
What means this
blessed land, all these
lofty trees, and the
accursed valley between them?
2 Then Uriel, one of the holy angels
who were with me, replied,

This
valley
is the accursed
of the accursed for ever. Here shall be collected all who utter with
their
mouths unbecoming
language against God,
and speak harsh things of His glory. Here shall they be
collected. Here shall be their
territory.

3 In
the latter days an example
of judgment shall be made of them in righteousness before the saints;
while those who have received mercy shall for ever, all their days,
bless God, the everlasting King.

4 And
at the period of judgment
shall they bless Him for his mercy, as He has distributed it to them.
Then I blessed God, addressing myself to Him, and making mention, as
was meet, of His greatness.

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27

1 From there I
proceeded
towards the east to the middle of the mountain in the desert, the
level surface only of which I perceived.
2 It was full of trees of the
seed alluded to; and water leaped down upon it.

3
There appeared a cataract composed as of many
cataracts both
towards the west and towards the east. Upon one side were trees; upon
the other water and dew.

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28

1
Then I went to another place
from the desert; towards the east of that mountain which I had approached.

3 And
over it, above them, was
the elevation of the eastern mountain at no great distance.

Chapter
29

1 I likewise
saw another place
with valleys of water which never wasted,
2 Where I
perceived a goodly
tree, which in smell resembled Zasakinon. (33)..........(33) Zasakinon. The mastic tree (Knibb,
p. 118).

3 And
towards the sides of
these valleys I perceived cinnamon of a sweet odour. Over them I
advanced towards the east.

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30

1
Then I beheld another
mountain containing trees, from which water flowed like Neketro, (34) Its name was Sarira, and Kalboneba. (35)
And upon this mountain I beheld
another mountain, upon which were trees of Alva. (36)

2
These trees were full, like
almond trees, and strong; and when they produced fruit, it was
superior to all redolence.

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31

1
After these things, surveying
the entrances of the north, above the mountains, I perceived seven mountains replete with pure nard,
odoriferous trees, cinnamon
and papyrus.

2
From there I passed on above
the summits of those mountains to some distance eastwards, and went
over the Erythraean
sea.
(37) And when I
was advanced far beyond it, I passed along above the angel Zateel,
and arrived at the garden of righteousness. In this garden I beheld,
among other trees, some which were numerous and large, and which
flourished there.

(37)
Erythraean
sea.
The Red
Sea.

3
Their fragrance was agreeable
and powerful, and their appearance both varied and elegant. The tree
of knowledge also was there, of
which if any one eats, he becomes
endowed with great
wisdom.

4 It
was like a species of the tamarind tree, bearing fruit
which resembled grapes extremely fine; and its
fragrance
extended to a considerable distance. I exclaimed, How beautiful is
this tree, and how delightful is its appearance!

5
Then holy Raphael, an angel
who was with me, answered and said, This is the tree ofknowledge, of which your ancient
father and your aged mother
ate, who were before you; and who, obtaining knowledge, their eyes
being opened, and knowing themselves to be naked, were expelled from
the garden.

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32

1
From there I went on towards
the extremities of the earth; where I saw large beasts different from each
other,

and
birds various in their
countenances and forms,

as
well as with notes of different sounds.

2 To
the east of these beasts I perceived the
extremities of the
earth, where heaven ceased. The gates of heaven
stood open, and I beheld the celestial stars come forth. I numbered
them as they
proceeded out of the gate, and wrote them all down, as they came out
one by one according to their number. I wrote down their names altogether,
their times and their
seasons, as the angel Uriel, who was with me, pointed them out to
me.

3 He showed
them all to me, and
wrote down an account of them.
4 He also wrote down for me
their names, their regulations, and their operations.

Chapter
33

1 From there I
advanced on
towards the north, to the extremities of the earth.
2 And there I saw a great and
glorious wonder at the extremities of the whole earth.

3 I
saw there heavenly gates opening into heaven;
three of them
distinctly separated. The northern winds proceeded from them, blowing
cold, hail, frost, snow, dew, and rain.

4
From one of the gates they
blew mildly; but when they blew from the two other gates, it was with violence
and force. They blew over the
earth strongly.

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34

1
From there I went to the
extremities of the world westwards;

2
Where I perceived three gates
open, as I had seen in the north; the gates and passages through them
being of equal magnitude.